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Baritone

Peter Bording

Jupiter

Tenor

Max Hopp

John Styx

Stage director

Barrie Kosky

Conductor

Adrien Perruchon

Lighting designer

Franck Evin

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Set designer

Rufus Didwiszus

Choreographer

Otto Pichler

Dramaturge

Susanna Goldberg

Chorus master

Jean-Christophe Charron

Tansel Akzeybek

Orpheus

Peter Renz

Mercury

Mezzo-soprano

Nadine Weissmann

Cupid

Bass

Tim Dietrich

Mars

Soprano

Karolina Gumos

Juno

Bryony Dwyer

Eurydice

Susan Maclean

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Ivan Turšić

Aristaeus / Pluto

Mirka Wagner

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Alma Sadé

Diana

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Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Komische Oper Berlin

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Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Mathias Vidal

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Orphée aux enfers -  (Orpheus in the Underworld)

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Orphée aux enfers Offenbach

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Orpheus in the Underworld

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Schamlos, witzig und frivol! In Barrie Koskys bei den Salzburger Festspielen 2019 frenetisch gefeierter Inszenierung – der ersten Offenbach-Operette der fast...

Orphée aux enfers Offenbach - Komische Oper Berlin

Shameless, funny and frivolous! In Barrie Kosky's production, which was frenetically celebrated at the 2019 Salzburg Festival - the first Offenbach operetta in the almost 100-year history of the festival - a plump mythical travesty meets a top-class ensemble that loves to play. Led by the inimitable Max Hopp as John Styx, who lends every figure on stage his speaking voice, Sydney Mancasola as Eurydice, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke as Pluto and Peter Bording as Jupiter descend into a brightly colored, boyish, infernal underworld

Offenbach's initial situation is "slightly" different from the myth: Eurydice, the central figure, hates the music personified by her husband. And Orpheus himself is nothing more than a small, insipid music teacher from Thebes; Aristaeus, the divine seducer, is an acting honey dealer, and Jupiter, the "father of the gods", a horny goat, is constantly on the prowl. Shrouded in mystery, John Styx tells the story of entangled Orpheus and his annoyed Eurydice, of goddesses and gods in search of diversion, bored with everyday life in Olympus. Burning with curiosity about the beautiful kidnapped woman and the competition between Jupiter and Pluto for the favor of Eurydice, the illustrious company embarks on a ride into hell into the underworld, which culminates in what is probably the most famous can-can in music history. And Eurydice? - after all, it throws everybody in the dark ...

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Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, Fri 14 Apr 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Barrie Kosky,, Conductor Adrien Perruchon

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